Editing Victoria Beckham (section)

==Early life==
Beckham was born Victoria Caroline Adams on 17 April 1974 at the [[Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow|Princess Alexandra Hospital]] in [[Harlow]], Essex, England, and raised in [[Goffs Oak]], Hertfordshire.<ref name="bbc021102"/> She is the eldest of three children of Jacqueline Doreen (née Cannon), a former insurance clerk and hairdresser,<ref>{{cite book|title= Posh & Becks|last= Morton|first= Andrew|year= 2007|publisher= Simon and Schuster|location= London|isbn= 978-1416953869|page= 320|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=tN0p2o-atD8C|access-date= 13 March 2016|archive-date= 26 December 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161226232828/https://books.google.com/books?id=tN0p2o-atD8C|url-status= live}}</ref> and Anthony William Adams, who worked as an electronics engineer, and drove a Rolls-Royce, something she would later dispute.<ref name="bbc021102">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2392401.stm |title=Just an ordinary couple? |work=BBC News |date=2 November 2002 |access-date=25 December 2007 |archive-date=5 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205041704/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2392401.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Chrisp |first=Kitty |date=5 October 2023 |title=Inside Victoria Beckham's childhood as she claims to be 'working class' |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/05/victoria-beckham-interview-david-beckham-netflix-19611097/ |access-date=5 January 2024 |website=Metro }}</ref> They founded an electronics wholesale business which allowed a comfortable upbringing for Victoria, her sister, Louise,<ref name="bio"/> and her brother, Christian Adams.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/2233700.stm |title=Victoria Beckham leaves hospital |work=BBC News |access-date=22 December 2007 |date=4 September 2002 |archive-date=19 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119034044/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/2233700.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Beckham's great-great-great-grandfather was German artist and revolutionary [[Carl Heinrich Pfänder]] and her great-great-great-granduncle was [[Minnesota]] politician [[William Pfaender]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Frau Power! Victoria Beckham has German roots|url=http://www.bild.de/news/bild-english/has-german-roots-5369646,view=amp.bild.html|year=2008|access-date=21 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013225509/http://www.bild.de/news/bild-english/has-german-roots-5369646,view=amp.bild.html|archive-date=13 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Victoria Beckham's 'alien' ancestry revealed|url=http://metro.co.uk/2010/02/25/victoria-beckhams-communist-background-as-alien-ancestry-revealed-130128/|year=2010|access-date=15 October 2017|archive-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016122048/http://metro.co.uk/2010/02/25/victoria-beckhams-communist-background-as-alien-ancestry-revealed-130128/|url-status=live}}</ref>

After watching the musical film ''[[Fame (1980 film)|Fame]]'' in 1980, she decided to pursue a musical career.<ref name="bio"/><ref name="guilty">Herman, James Patrick. {{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/09/25/beckham/index.html |title=Victoria Beckham's guilty pleasures |website=CNN |access-date=25 December 2007 |date=26 September 2007 |archive-date=21 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221190925/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/09/25/beckham/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Jacqueline and Anthony Adams enrolled her at Jason Theatre School.<ref name="bio"/> In 1991, Beckham entered [[Laine Theatre Arts]] in [[Epsom, Surrey]] and studied dance and modelling.<ref name="bio"/><ref name="watch"/> Beckham attended [[St Mary's Church of England High School|St. Mary's High School]] in [[Cheshunt]], where she was embarrassed by her family's wealth and often begged her father not to drop her off outside the school in their [[Rolls-Royce (car)|Rolls-Royce]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/specials/victoriabeckham/pagina_2_1.html|title=Wannabe|work=[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]]|access-date=21 December 2007|archive-date=12 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212165222/http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/specials/victoriabeckham/pagina_2_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Eventually, she became a member of a band called Persuasion.<ref name="breaks">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1515033.stm |title=Posh breaks record book deal |work=BBC News |date=29 August 2001 |access-date=27 December 2007 |archive-date=19 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119034039/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1515033.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>